I'm only one year old, what the heck is a Overturning System?!

Seeing Chen Yi remaining motionless, Zhan Hongxiu retracted her sword salute and spoke with a light and natural tone:

"Don't worry, I will suppress my cultivation to match yours, using only the upper level of the eighth rank Nayuan Realm."

"Or like when you dueled with Junior Sister Ning, just a competition of swordsmanship, would that be good?"

Chen Yi smiled lightly, calmly stood opposite her, and performed a standard martial salute of a sword cultivator with utmost respect.

"Senior Sister Zhan misunderstands, for this duel, I only wish to give my all."

Hearing his words, Zhan Hongxiu's sword-like eyebrows twitched slightly as she sized him up.

"Do you mean to say that you want me to use all my strength?"

"Indeed, that's my intention."

"Do you realize that my cultivation is far higher than yours?"

"It is precisely so that I may understand the full extent of my abilities."

Chen Yi spoke calmly, but Zhan Hongxiu saw his words as nothing short of arrogant.

However, she did not get angry because of it.

Instead, she felt that this was exactly the attitude a prodigy of sword cultivators should have—no matter who stands before me, I shall break them with one sword strike!

"I heard from Junior Sister Ning that you are also practicing the Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique?"

"In the choice of cultivation technique, my views align with yours, Junior Brother."

"Our master only chose to practice the Supreme Demon Vanquisher because he took the demon threat too seriously."

Zhan Hongxiu's tone remained relaxed, chatting casually both to ease the atmosphere and to remind Chen Yi that she also practiced the Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique.

While saying this, she bowed once again, performing the sword salute, much more solemnly than before.

Chen Yi caught her intent but did not respond.

Instead, he followed her movements, holding the Spring Rain Sword with both hands, his right hand's index and middle fingers together like a sword, and gave a deep bow.

"Senior Sister Zhan, please enlighten me!"

"Be careful, Junior Brother!"

Before her words finished, Zhan Hongxiu drew her longsword, the Gang Qi protecting her body, forming a faint blue phosphorescence around her.

Vaguely, within that phosphorescent light, tiny electric arcs flickered, crackling with snapping sounds.

Chen Yi's gaze, however, moved past her protective Gang Qi and settled on the longsword in her hands.

He noticed that the sword was quite unusual.

The blade was slightly wider, about four fingers in width, and the hilt was half the length of the blade, similar to the Qi Family Saber he had seen in his previous life.

Heavy, domineering.

As two words surfaced in his mind, Chen Yi gripped the Spring Rain Sword in a reversed grip, concealing his own aura, gathering his sword momentum.

Seeing his movements, Zhan Hongxiu's eyes flashed with admiration.

Regardless of Junior Brother Chen's proficiency in Sword Dao, just this flawless starting style alone made him stronger than many of the young prodigies she had seen.

"Fifth Grade Core Formation Realm!"

Zhan Hongxiu still intended not to use her full strength and, after giving a reminder, charged forward with her sword.

Her steps were large and abrupt, closing the distance in the blink of an eye.

Then, holding the sword hilt with both hands, she delivered a straightforward and unpretentious downward chop!

The Gang Qi she wielded with this sword strike was only at the Fifth Grade Core Formation Realm and she hadn't used her domineering and fierce Sword Intent.

She believed this would be enough to pressure Chen Yi.

However, the next moment, Zhan Hongxiu no longer thought so—

Chen Yi stood his ground calmly, neither dodging nor avoiding, as he faced her strike and slowly drew the Spring Rain Sword.

A captivating Sword Intent burst forth suddenly, followed by a terrifying Slaughter Intent, filled with a thick scent of blood.

Chen Yi too did not use any particular swordsmanship, and as the Spring Rain Sword left its scabbard, it circled in a fluid motion.

The sword tip accurately pierced the blade of her large sword.

Ding!

Amidst the pleasing sound of clashing swords, Zhan Hongxiu felt her mind and spirit shaken, her vision tinged with a shade of scarlet.

She inwardly cursed at the situation.

Intent follows the heart.

Her domineering, fierce Sword Intent instantly enveloped her broadsword, just barely blocking Chen Yi's unrestrained Slaughter Sword Intent.

Although her reaction was prompt, she was still knocked back several meters by that strike.

The Sword Intent released by the Spring Rain Sword also split open the tiger's mouth of her sword-holding hand when she least expected it.

"Great Sword Skill, and the Sword Intent has reached its peak, achieving perfection!"

Zhan Hongxiu's face lost its light-hearted expression, and she looked at Chen Yi solemnly, speaking slowly:

"Junior Brother Chen, having cultivated your Sword Dao to such a state, no wonder you dared to ask me to exert my full strength."

At this moment, she fully believed what Master Li Qingzhou had said.

—Chen Yi was not a usual Sword Dao prodigy, but a monster-level talent!

Without mentioning other talents, take herself, Zhan Hongxiu.

Started swordsmanship at the age of five, Sword Dao entry-level at ten, small success at fifteen.

Only now, at twenty-three, had she taken another step in Sword Dao, reaching the Great Success Realm.

Even so, her Sword Intent still hadn't reached perfection; she needed more tempering.

But within just a few short years, Chen Yi had continuously broken through realms, and like a force unstoppable, cultivated his Sword Intent to perfection.

Moreover, the Sword Intent he wielded, heavy with slaughter and terrifying with killing aura, was something she had never seen in her five years of traveling.

Even the famous sword cultivators of the Wei Dynasty's Martial World such as Young Master Hidden Sword and Unrivaled Sword, their advancement in Sword Dao was only slightly ahead of hers.

Hence.

If Chen Yi was not a monster-level prodigy, then who would be?

"Senior Sister, there's no need to hold back until my Gang Qi depletes."

Chen Yi had secured an advantage with his strike but did not pursue further.

He was very aware that his previous sword strike was only because he had caught her off guard.

Catching Zhan Hongxiu unprepared had given her a setback.

But that was exactly what he wanted, without forcing Zhan Hongxiu to use her full strength, how could he have a clear understanding of his own?

Chen Yi really wanted to know where his strength stood in the Martial World when his cultivation was at the eighth rank Nayuan Realm, with Sword Dao Great Success and Sword Intent Perfection, and having just begun practicing the Nine Revolutions Profound Gang Technique.

Of course, considering the opponent was a sword cultivator, he would also rely on the tens of thousands of sword techniques he had learned.

"I've underestimated you, Junior Brother."

"The sword's name is Cang Mountain, it's three feet and five inches long, and it weighs one hundred and thirty pounds."

As soon as she finished speaking, Zhan Hongxiu held nothing back, displaying the full power of the Fourth Grade Spirit Aperture Realm.

Gang Qi from the four opened Spiritual Acupoints around her body erupted fiercely, forming a layer of Gang Qi around her in the blink of an eye.

On that fluctuating layer of Gang Qi, small electric arcs crackled like lightning, continuously thundering.

Her Great Sword Intent, now fully concentrated as her expression turned solemn, gathered around her.

It fiercely collided with Chen Yi's terrifying Slaughter Sword Intent, which was filled with blood-red killing intent.

But evidently, in a pure competition of Sword Intent, Zhan Hongxiu was still at a disadvantage.

"Come!"

Boom!

Before the sound arrived, the person had reached.

Under the assistance of the Profound Gang Qi, Zhan Hongxiu shattered the even stones of the Martial Arts Arena with one footstep and appeared beside Chen Yi in the blink of an eye.

Overlord Sword Style One!

It was still the no-frills slash.

But this time, it was different from the previous one where she held back most of her strength.

This sword not only carried a profound Sword Intent, the Thunder Shocking Skill of the Profound Gang Qi was also coiled around the blade.

Both the power and momentum far surpassed the previous sword!

Facing this sword, Chen Yi's eyelids twitched slightly, yet he still chose to take it head-on—

He also wrapped the entry-level Profound Gang Qi around his Spring Rain Sword, fully driving the Slaughter Sword Intent.

Confronting Zhan Hongxiu's slash, he lifted his sword from below to parry.

Ding!

The tip of the Spring Rain Sword still accurately struck the blade named Cang Mountain Sword.

However, this time, it was Chen Yi's turn to feel a great force transmitted through the blade.

He did not wait for the force to solidify, and instead moved swiftly with his Sword Steps.

The Spring Rain Sword moved nimbly, and in the blink of an eye, he struck, flicked, and sliced three times, each hitting the broadsword in Zhan Hongxiu's hands.

After dissipating the momentum on the Cang Mountain Sword, Chen Yi finally blocked with his sword horizontally.

So fast!

His movement technique was quick and concise, his swordsmanship fast and precise.

Just those short four moves had already made Zhan Hongxiu inwardly admire him.

At the same time, she realized something—that if Chen Yi wanted, those first three moves could have entirely struck her.

Even though her outer protective Profound Gang Qi might block them, purely in terms of swordsmanship, she was no match for Chen Yi.

With this thought, a hint of excitement appeared on Zhan Hongxiu's face.

Ever since she had reached the Great Achievement in Sword Dao, she had not fought all out against anyone.

This time, she had found an "equally matched" opponent!

Immediately afterwards, she completely let go, her hands flipped, and several sword flowers burst forth from the Cang Mountain Sword.

Overlord Sword Style Two.

The profound Sword Intent, under the reinforcement of the Profound Gang Qi, along with the Gang Qi's Thunder Shocking Skill, erupted and splattered out.

Like a storm of pear blossoms, it swept over Chen Yi's entire body.

Ha!

Chen Yi watched the numerous Sword Shadows before his eyes, a trace of disappointment flickering through his gaze.

Though Zhan Hongxiu's Sword Intent and Profound Gang Qi were among the top he had seen in sword cultivators, only her swordsmanship…

Truly had too many flaws.

"Senior Sister Zhan, if your swordsmanship is merely this, your junior brother will be disappointed!"

With that thought, Chen Yi returned his sword to protect himself in front, and his feet traced out the shadows of dragons and snakes with his Sword Steps.

No matter how fierce Zhan Hongxiu's swordsmanship was, amidst the skyful of Sword Shadows, Sword Intent, and Profound Gang Qi, Chen Yi still remained calm and casually dodged them.

"You?!"

Zhan Hongxiu's eyes widened in annoyance.

Was her swordsmanship really that inadequate?

To end up full of flaws in the eyes of a monstrous talent like Chen Yi?

Otherwise, how could he have so easily dodged every one of those Sword Shadows!

Overlord Sword Style Three!

As Zhan Hongxiu bit her teeth in seething frustration, the myriad of Sword Shadows suddenly converged into one, hands slightly gathering strength, the inner Profound Gang Qi wrapped with Sword Intent and burst forth violently.

A giant Sword Qi slashed out from the Cang Mountain Sword!

"Flashy but insubstantial."

Chen Yi silently rated, already having a clear understanding of his own strength.

So let's end it here.

Just as the Profound Gang Qi within him was almost depleted.

With that thought, Chen Yi lightly tapped with his toes, his figure as nimble as a leaping sprite, quickly dodging the grandiose Sword Qi.

Right after, he jumped back out of the Martial Arts Arena, and his entire body's Sword Intent and Profound Gang Qi immediately retracted.

"Senior Sister Zhan, I concede."

"Huh??"

Zhan Hongxiu was stunned, her brows frowning unconsciously.

"What does Junior Brother Chen mean?"

Chen Yi sheathed his sword, speaking respectfully, "True Yuan is nearly exhausted; continuing the match would just be seeking humiliation."

These words weren't exaggerated.

Despite the simple back and forth just now, his consumption was not at all light.

Especially when dodging Sword Shadows.

Although none of the Sword Steps hit him, the Profound Gang Qi condensed on the Cang Mountain Sword brought him quite some trouble.

It was constantly depleting his Profound Gang Qi.

And now, only less than one-tenth of Chen Yi's Profound Gang Qi remained.

If the match continued, indeed, as he said—once his Profound Gang Qi was exhausted, he would be forced to concede.

Rather than that, it would be better for him to concede proactively.

At least, it would save some face.

However, this move of his, in Zhan Hongxiu's eyes, nearly exploded with anger.

She was just starting to feel the momentum when he abruptly stopped it.

Moreover, it was a stop when she was consistently at a disadvantage…

After a long while, Zhan Hongxiu finally sheathed the Cang Mountain Sword, squeezing out a smile.

"Junior Brother Chen's Sword Dao has progressed rapidly; let's fight again tomorrow!"

What the hell, come again tomorrow?

Chen Yi shook his head as if it were a kid's wooden drum, blatantly refusing.

He had no desire to waste time on things with known outcomes.

Rather than that, he'd rather spend more time on practicing cultivation techniques, in order to improve his realm as quickly as possible.

Seeing his refusal was so straightforward, Zhan Hongxiu's face darkened even further.

But as she saw Ning Xue and others already coming towards the Martial Arts Arena, she had to leave with frustration.

Thinking to herself.

Junior Brother, there has always been a tradition of competitions on Sword Edge Mountain; you can't avoid it!

What, there wasn't one before?

As the Senior Sister of Sword Edge Mountain, she, Zhan Hongxiu, had the right to establish new rules!